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The United States government is anticipating deflation from the economic crisis. Deflation can destabilize the economy and destroy business and consumer confidence. Corporations are seen to be greatly affected by deflation.

Looming Specter: Optimism Grows but Deflation Fears Remain Major Banks may be healthier than originally feared and hopes may be rising that the economy has bottomed out, but there is [...]

Inflation and deflation are back on the agenda - this month, both at the same time. The prospect of different indices pointing in different ways will present novel and complex […]

Despite tough times in retail, John Lewis has emerged from the department-store doldrums looking fitter than ever. Lauren Mills, retail correspondent at the Mail on Sunday, explains how it happened [...]

The Bush administration tax reforms are helpful to the formation of small businesses, and to the continued health of larger corporation. The decline of the U.S. dollar, in particular, has [...]

Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan and his fellow Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) members have indicated that a 1 per cent Fed funds will not stand. This decision to set [...]

Europe's economy continues to weaken, the result in part of its linkage to the slowing US economy. It is anticipated that the US and Europe will experience mild economic recovery [...]

Deflation in commercial-lease rates and a swelling inventory of vacant retail properties are allowing many restaurant chains to keep expanding in spite of the nation's gloomy economic outlook. Relatively unimpeded [...]

Impact of the national economic downturn on Bellingham and Whatcom County is noticeably less severe than in other areas of the United States. Although shallower, our economic slowdown and the [...]

The aggressive move by United States Federal Reserve to quicken the US economy as an insurance against deflation looking at Japan's economy crisis, and its consequences over Australian and world economy, are presented. Japan's experience in 1980 and its deflation are considered parallel to America's own post-bubble experience.

When we launched The Grocer 33 survey in 1997, we found that our basket of commonly-bought items cost an average of 36.51 [pounds sterling]. Today, as you will have read [...]

The struggle of Australian banks after the contribution in the stockmarket from 1990 and the removal of the banks from the bank index of Australian Stock Exchange by the end of June 2001 are discussed. The bank deflation after the terrorist attack in US is presented.

The phenomenon of deflation is explained and possible effects on a private business owner are discussed.

We need to thank Japan. We need to thank it for its stock market bubble that popped in 1989. We need to thank it for the recession rolling through Japan [...]

The latest emergency package to deal with the deflation problem of the Japanese economy is evaluated. The major countermeasures to deflation include increasing the stock prices to help the banks holding huge amounts of stock for earning profits, and helping the banks to deal with their bad loans, which amount to $270 billion. These financial measures need to be supplemented with reforms to clean up the banking sector.

Inflation has fallen below normal levels that chemical industry proponents are wondering if deflation will be a possibility. Deflation may be controlled by monetary policy but, like inflation, falling prices could adversely affect the chemical industry's profits. Falling prices for some companies do not mean that deflation has set in - it does mean however that the possibility has increased and that the industry must prepare itself.

Concerns about accelerating inflation are misplaced. Low unemployment and global inventories are not sufficient threats to overcome readily available capital and the deflationary pressures of technology growth. If inflation remains low, a bull market, and mergers and acquisitions will continue.